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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, our center is closing and all teachers are going to the demonstration.  Our parents were supportive.

Frankly, parents CAN'T pay more than they do, but the IDEA was to keep centers open, and keep employees at centers to keep centers open, because we can pay teachers what they are worth.

My center has quite a few teachers with BAs, and before pay equity I had teachers leave after 2 or 3 years to go to public schools because they just couldn't pay their bills, pay off their college tuition loans, and save $ and hope to purchase a house on what our center was paying them, AND they were making $50,000 - 52,000 - which is HIGH for most centers in DC.

This will happen again if the Pay Equity Fund ends, and after the pandemic it's virtually impossible to find enough staff to take the positions.  We have positions open for months, even WITH the pay equity fund, because so many are simply not great candidates, if we even get many applicants. And the # of applicants who sign up for an interview AND NEVER SHOW UP has increased exponentially since Covid.  It used to be if I had 8 interviews in a week, 2 wouldn't show up.  Now I can have 6 interviews (because there are so few candidates) and FOUR won't show up for their interview.    It's horrifying but at least I can pay those who are hired a much better wage and perhaps they'll be willing and able to stay because they are making more $ with the pay equity boost. [/quote]

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